Meanwhile Mr Miliband's refusal to become involved in the row over underfunding by the Government of its scheme to introduce free bus travel for pensioners is making him increasingly unpopular among Labour transport chiefs in Tyne & Wear.

This follows their cover-up of the infamous ball-tampering incident in the one-day international at Lord's in 1992 between England and Pakistan, and their refusal to become involved with the Shane Warne and Mark Waugh allegations that Salim Malik offered them money to throw a Test match in Karachi a few years ago.

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